Representatives of DoED/NIDRR, DoED/OSERS, DoED/OSEP, DoED/OVAE, DoED/OPE and other Department of Education offices; Administration on Developmental Disabilities, The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, Department of Health and Human Services. Policy Advisers to Senior Govenment Officials.
Local Organizations & Universities
Representatives of NDSS National Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society, Community College Consortium on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities, Association of University Centers on Disabilities; Helen Kellar Institute, George Mason University; Virginia Commonwealth University, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; TransCen Inc.; HEATH Resource Center, George Washington University; American Association for Developmental Disabilities, and others
Out of State Organizations & Universities
Representatives of Univ. of Massachusetts, Opportunity Partners, Univ. of Minnesota Institute of Community Integration, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities; University of Iowa, Vanderbuilt University, Univ. of California, Rider University, Edgewood College, Clemson Univ. Life Program, University of North Florida, Kent State University, Pace University, Syracuse University, The College of New Jersey. Best Buddies International, Ohio State University Nisonger Center, College of Charleston, Mercer County Community College (NJ) DREAM Program, Taft College, Oklahoma State University, University of Massachusetts — Boston.
Ruth Brannon, Acting Director, DoED/NIDRR
Phil Beatty, PhD, Associate Director, DoED/NIDRR
Dawn Carlson, PhD, DoED/NIDRR
Rebecca Cokley, DoED/OSERS
Jennifer Sheehy, Director, OPP, DoED/OSERS
Patty Guard, Deputy Director, DoED/OSEP
Judy Shanley, PhD, DoED/OSEP
Greg Henschel, DoED/OVAE
David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant Secretary, DoED/OPE
Jessica Finkel, OPE
Sharon Lewis, Senior Disability Policy Advisor to Congressman George Miller
Stephanie Smith Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, NDSS National Policy Center,
National Down Syndrome Society
George S. Jesien, PhD, Executive Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Connie Garner, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy
Michael Behrmann, EdD, Director, Helen Kellar Institute, George Mason University
Heidi Graff, PhD, Director, LIFE Program, George Mason University
Jane West, PhD, Senior Vice President, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Meg Grigal, PhD, Senior Research Associate, TransCen Inc.
Donna Martinez, EdD, Director, HEATH Resource Center, George Washington University
Joanna Pierson, PhD, President, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Doreen Croser, Executive Director, American Association for Developmental Disabilities
Madeline Will, Director, Policy Center, National Down Syndrome Society
Jennifer G. Johnson, Ed.D., Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Faith McCormick, Acting Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Department of Health and Human Services
Pat Morrissey
Debra Hart, Center for Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
William Kiernan, PhD, Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston, Institute for Community Inclusion
Brenda Goral, Sr.VP, Client & Customer Care, Opportunity Partners
Charlie Lakin, PhD, Director, RRTC on Community Integration for Persons with ID/DD, Univ. of Minnesota Institute of Community Integration
Michael Wehmeyer, PhD, Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas
Jo Hendrickson, PhD, Director, R.E.A.C.H, University of Iowa
Elise McMillan, JD, Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Vanderbuilt University
Olivia Raynor, PhD, Director, Tarjan Center, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Allen LeBlanc, PhD, Professor, San Francisco State University
Chrystina Dolyniuk, PhD, Rider University
Colleen Thoma, PhD, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dedra Hafner, Innovations Now, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
Sharon Sanders, PhD, Program Manager, Clemson Univ. Life Program
Kristine Webb, PhD, Director, Disability Resource Center, University of North Florida
Peter Flexer, PhD, Director, Center for Innovation in Transition and Employment, Kent State University
Dianne Zager, PhD, Director, Center for Teaching and Research in Autism,
Pace University
Wendy S. Harbour, Ed.D., Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, Syracuse University
Mike Shuttic, Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD)
Molly Boyle, M.A., Project Coordinator, Scituate, MA
Rebecca Daley, M.S., Department Adjunct Professor, The College of New Jersey
Lisa Derx, Vice President, Best Buddies International
Wendy S. Harbour, Ed.D., Executive Director, Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education
Jo Hendrickson, Ph.D., REACH Director & Professor, The University of Iowa
Margo Vreeburg Izzo, Ph.D., Associate Director, Ohio State University Nisonger Center
David R. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Institute on Community Integration
Teri Linder, Learning Support Teacher, State College Area School District
Cindi May, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Charleston
Julie McConaha, Assistant Director of Client Training and Development, Opportunity Partners, Inc.
David H. Miller, J.D., Co-Founder/Board Member (NVCC), Community College Consortium on Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
Courtney Moffatt, Ph.D., Professor, Integration Coordinator, Cutting Edge, Edgewood College
Susan Onaitis, Ph.D., Counseling Specialist/Program Coordinator, Mercer County Community College (NJ) DREAM Program
Laverdia Roach, M.S., Acting Executive Director, The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Jeff Ross, M.A., Director of Student Support Services, Taft College
Sharon Salter, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education, State College Areas School District
Michael Shuttic, M.A., Coordinator, Student Disability Services/Director, ADA Compliance, Oklahoma State University (current AHEAD President)
Charlotte Temple, Advocacy Director and Principal, The Arc Jacksonville Academy OCT at UNF
Bill Therrien, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education and REACH Program Evaluation Consultant, University of Iowa
Cate Weir, M.Ed., Project Coordinator, Think College, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts — Boston
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Program Specialist, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
Shelley Jackson, J.D., Supervisory Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
Suad Jama, M.S.W., Program Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Laurel Nishi, Program Specialist, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education
Marlene Simon-Burroughs, Ph.D., Associate Division Director, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Chris Van Orden, M.S., Budget Analyst, U.S. Department of Education
Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker, Judy Woodruff, Co-Anchor, The News Hour, PBS
